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Andydieselpower said:
Please read Marti's post again. It's not the screw it's the foot.
almost impossible to say. my baseline hi-temp (stock fuel setting) was about 1000°F max.
this can vary. many folks on here believe that the instant you exceed 1200°F you will toast your engine. this is not true. 1250° is the 'accepted' max EGT range for continuous operation. again - continuous operation. intermitent operation can be higher for brief periods. example, if you hit 1400° for a few seconds, no worries - just don't pull that real long grade at that kind of temperature for 45+ seconds.
this can vary by what you mean 'safe'. as previously stated, 1250°F is 'accepted' for max continous. one method when turning up the fuel is adjust it so this is the max temp you can produce; then you won't have to worry about over-fueling on that long grade.
EGTs are a measure of how much fuel you are putting into the engine and how hard the engine is working with the air intake charge available.
this is not necessary - AL can melt at far lower temps than the EGTs experienced. the pistons experience these temps very briefly and are cooled in other manners. the key is prolonged exposure to hi-EGTs.
this is not true. black = burnt, white = unburnt, gray = mixture of the two. black is soot, which is present in idle exhaust. however, as fuel / load increases, the ratio of soot to other exhaust gases increases. heavy black smoke is a representation of this ratio and can also indicate a lack of air intake or less than adequate turbocharging performance for the fuel / load demands.
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